Massachusetts Hospital Sues State Over Cost Of Universal Care

Whether you agree or diagree with the current approaches to sick care reform, here is good reason to get fit.

"'A hospital that serves thousands of indigent Massachusetts residents sued the state on Wednesday, charging that its costly universal health care law is forcing the hospital to cover too much of the expense of caring for the poor,' according to the New York Times.

The Times reports: 'The hospital, Boston Medical Center, faces a $38 million deficit for the fiscal year ending in September, its first loss in five years. The suit says the hospital will lose more than $100 million next year because the state has lowered Medicaid reimbursement rates and stopped paying Boston Medical 'reasonable costs' for treating other poor patients. ... The central charge in the suit is that the state has siphoned money away from Boston Medical to help pay the considerable cost of insuring all but a small percentage of residents.'"

Fit people tend to be less sick.

The less sick you are, the less your chance of "needing" sick care.

The less your likelihood of "needing" sick care, the less likely you are to be a victim of the system.

Get fit.